4th July 2016 | for Creatives | creative process, writing, KEEP CREATING, editors, feedback/criticism/rejection, Anna Zumbahlen |
"Editorial decisions are subjective. .... Writing is an ongoing process and should never end with a rejection letter."
"Know what you're trying to make; know it; practice it. Just write, and write seriously, and don't worry about genre too much. Create something brand new."
"Art takes time. Stories have their own heartbeat, and they will unfold at their own pace. All you have to do is to continue to show up and do the work. Every day."
"I'm my own worst critic. Editors are always calling me a good writer. To me, I'm a horrible writer, and I keep that mindset so I never get lax or comfortable."
"It's this funny headspace you get in, where you're acting, really. .... You literally pretend you are this person, and you go about your life as if you are this person. And so, when people will ask me, 'Did you like this character?' I don't know. Because I'm so far inside them, I can't judge them at all. You're behaving as if you are this person."
"You've got to go, 'No, I can't come into work on the weekends—[that's] when I work on my novel.' ... People deserve those dreams, and they have to fight for them. You don't want to be at the end of your life and go, 'I met all the obligations people had for me.'"
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